Script to Open Select box

[sammus]

Hi,
Ihave a requrement where I need to keep selec box in open state when a value in second box in "NO'


Is there a way I can keep select box in open state?

Thanks

[mrhoo]

set the size attribute of the select element to expose that number of options-

el.size=el.opti ons.length+'',
or el.size=el.sele ctedIndex+'',
or el.size='6'

[sammus]

Thanks for the reply

Its a dropdown list box/select box
If I set el.size='6' , it will convert it to ListBox i want to keep it as dropdown select box, but only expanded or in open state

[acoder]

Why would you want to do that?

It's open when the user clicks on it. When it's in that state, the user is expected to select an option (which closes it again).

[sammus]

its the feature requested by our client
I have no idea how to call onclick event,
is there a way to pass key values so that dropdown box can be in open state??
Please help me

[acoder]

If it's a client request, tell them not everything is possible. The browser is the interface, so you're restricted by what the browser allows. I've not tried, but you may look into mutation events/fireEvent.

Why not just give the focus to the select element instead? This will allow users to select options using the keyboard, though they won't be able to see all the options unless they click on it.

[sammus]

Focus is for the dropdown/select box, they want that to be in an open state
i tried calling onclick event in javascript, but its like calling the function to perform some operation, it won't open the dropdown list.

[acoder]

If it's not possible, it's not possible.

Manually firing events doesn't always work, e.g. mouse and key events (if manually fired) don't always work as expected for security reasons.